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Fiction Quotes

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it’s not the king any more Picture Quote #1

I’m not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot Picture Quote #1

Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it’s: What’s my purpose? Why am I here? What is it that makes me who I am? Those are the kind of questions my favorite science fiction films ask Picture Quote #1

Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times Picture Quote #1

I’ve actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it’s really tough to do. It’s really difficult to execute. There’s often lots of prosthetics, green screen and special effects, and it can get very technical Picture Quote #1

Mars et Avril’ is a science fiction film. It’s set in Montreal some 50 years in the future. No one had done that kind of movie in Quebec before because it’s expensive, it’s set in the future, and it’s got tons of visual effects, and it’s shot on green screen Picture Quote #1

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Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated Picture Quote #1

Editing fiction is like using your fingers to untangle the hair of someone you love Picture Quote #1

Something like ‘Alien,’ that was not so easy. If there’s any genre I wouldn’t mind not having to do anymore, it would be science fiction. It’s just all to do with the toys, and there’s so much hanging around Picture Quote #1

A poet’s mission is to make others confound fiction and reality in order to render them, for an hour, mysteriously happy Picture Quote #1

I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I’ve always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I’d try Picture Quote #1

I can’t recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it’s going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction Picture Quote #1

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We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they’re told something is fiction Picture Quote #1

It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that Picture Quote #1

I believe that hunger for a ‘lost dimension’ of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn’t go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the ‘Harry Potter’ books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth Picture Quote #1

I hate my life. I’m at the point where I want to hear about other people’s lives. it’s like switching from fiction to biography Picture Quote #1

We physicists don’t like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds undignified. But when we were children, that’s when we got interested in science, for a lot of us Picture Quote #1

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a science fiction book.’ You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it Picture Quote #1

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I am there to entertain. I call my work high escape fiction; it’s high, it’s good - but it’s escape, and I have no delusions about that. I have no ambition to be a serious writer, whatever that means Picture Quote #1

History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics issue because it sounds too science fiction Picture Quote #1

I’m just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It’s great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you’re sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath Picture Quote #1

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Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it’s not the king any more. (Fiction Quotes) I’m not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot. (Fiction Quotes) Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it’s: What’s my purpose? Why am I here? What is it that makes me who I am? Those are the kind of questions my favorite science fiction films ask. (Fiction Quotes) Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times. (Fiction Quotes) I’ve actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it’s really tough to do. It’s really difficult to execute. There’s often lots of prosthetics, green screen and special effects, and it can get very technical. (Fiction Quotes) Mars et Avril’ is a science fiction film. It’s set in Montreal some 50 years in the future. No one had done that kind of movie in Quebec before because it’s expensive, it’s set in the future, and it’s got tons of visual effects, and it’s shot on green screen. (Fiction Quotes) Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated. (Fiction Quotes) Editing fiction is like using your fingers to untangle the hair of someone you love (Fiction Quotes) Something like ‘Alien,’ that was not so easy. If there’s any genre I wouldn’t mind not having to do anymore, it would be science fiction. It’s just all to do with the toys, and there’s so much hanging around. (Fiction Quotes) A poet’s mission is to make others confound fiction and reality in order to render them, for an hour, mysteriously happy. (Fiction Quotes) I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I’ve always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I’d try. (Fiction Quotes) I can’t recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it’s going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction. (Fiction Quotes) We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they’re told something is fiction. (Fiction Quotes) It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that. (Fiction Quotes) I believe that hunger for a ‘lost dimension’ of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn’t go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the ‘Harry Potter’ books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth. (Fiction Quotes) I hate my life. I’m at the point where I want to hear about other people’s lives. it’s like switching from fiction to biography. (Fiction Quotes) We physicists don’t like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds undignified. But when we were children, that’s when we got interested in science, for a lot of us. (Fiction Quotes) I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a science fiction book.’ You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it. (Fiction Quotes) I am there to entertain. I call my work high escape fiction; it’s high, it’s good - but it’s escape, and I have no delusions about that. I have no ambition to be a serious writer, whatever that means. (Fiction Quotes) History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics issue because it sounds too science fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I’m just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It’s great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you’re sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath. (Fiction Quotes)

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